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Mr. Anonymous - 2. Nothing Personal
Chapter 2
Kicking the door closed behind him, Percy tossed his keys, his wallet and the bag of Chinese carry-out onto the table by the front door, and then raced to his computer.
“C’mon,” he whispered at the circle kept swirling on the screen. It never took this long to get online. When the website finally popped up, he almost passed out from lack of oxygen. He was so tense that he never noticed he’d been holding his breath the whole time.
Typing his user name FindingBinx onto the Spuzzyboys.com website made him grin. Percy was too scared to use his real name; seriously, who would be crazy enough to use their actual name on one of these sites anyways?
The writer, Walker Percy was one of his mother’s favorite authors and after reading The Moviegoer as a teenager, he saw the irony that she had named her only child after the man since it was his main character, Binx, who Percy turned out to have so much in common with.
As soon as he was logged in, three new messages appeared in his mailbox. Percy heart pounded inside his chest. His hands were clammy and butterflies did acrobatics in his stomach. There was no way he would be able to eat General Tso’s Chicken now.
He rushed to toss the bag of food into the refrigerator, he popped open a can of soda and settled down in front of his computer to read his mail.
All three messages were from Max. Percy's cock twitched as he clicked on the first message. The time stamp was about the time he’d left for work this morning. Percy had checked his mailbox when he woke up this morning and had been disappointed when he found it was empty, but now there were three new messages. Percy was thrilled.
Message 1: Hey Binx, I had a great time talking to you last night. I haven’t laughed so much in a long time, it was really nice.
“Yes!” Percy jumped up and did a little happy dance. He had really enjoyed chatting and laughing with Max and it looked like he liked it too.
Message 2: I have to work until 6pm. It would be great to meet in the chatroom around 7:30 pm. I’ll be there and hope to talk to you again.
Percy looked at his watch. It was just after four o’clock now. He didn’t want to wait to talk to Max. What could he do for the next few hours? There was always work to be done, but would he be able to actually concentrate on it? Probably not.
He could always go out for a while, but immediately nixed that idea. What if something came up? What if he got stuck in traffic and wasn’t home when Max logged on? Nope, he couldn’t take that chance. There was no way he was going to miss Max.
Unless…
He glanced over at his phone sitting on the table beside his keys. He could always access the website from his phone. “No!” Percy shook his head. He swore he would never visit Spuzzyboys.com or any sites like it on his cell phone or from his work computer.
If anyone ever found out it would ruin him.
“Nope! Not happening. It’s best to just hang out here. I’ll eat dinner, watch some television and just wait.” Percy convinced himself this plan was the best option, when really, it was his only option.
Message 3: If it’s okay, I wanted to send you something. I know you said no personal information, no last names, addresses, or phone numbers or anything like that…but can I send you…oh, never mind. We’ll talk later.
Percy stared at the last message on his screen. What the fuck was that? He read and re-read the message a dozen times. The website listed the fake email on his profile. It was the one he’d used to register his account.
Well, technically it wasn’t fake. It was one he created on the spur of the moment when the site needed an email to validate his account. He couldn’t use his real email.
He had only opened his FindingBinx email account to complete the registration and never thought about it again. Checking the email, he found it empty. The feeling in the pit of his stomach grew. He wondered what Max wanted to send him. How could someone open that can of worms and leave him to ponder it for hours?
Tick-tock!
The minutes crawled by. Percy tried everything he could think of, but no matter what he did, he just couldn’t get Max out of his mind. Ever since reading that last message, his mind was buzzing with endless possibilities.
They had talked about music and art, told jokes and touched a tad bit on politics, so maybe Max wanted to send him a newspaper article or a dirty cartoon?
It was driving Percy crazy. When he couldn’t take it anymore, he logged on to the chatroom only to find Max had done the same thing a minute before him.
* * * *
Max: Hey Binx!
Binx: Hello Max.
Percy was trying to play it cool. Thank goodness the man couldn’t see him grinning like an idiot.
Max: You came early (no pun intended).
Binx: LOL, I see you did too!
The rest of the trolls in the chatroom faded away. Percy didn’t even notice their words or silly emoticons, all he saw was MaxTheMagnificent. After polite conversation for a few minutes, Max pinged Percy into a private chat.
He was suddenly nervous. Laughing at himself, he couldn’t understand why Max had this instant effect on him. Maybe it was the fact they were actually talking. All of Percy’s previous encounters with anonymous men had been purely physical, with Max, it was different.
Max: Binx? Hey? Are you still there?
Snapping back to reality, Percy noticed he was daydreaming about Max while chatting online with him.
Binx: Sorry, I’m still here.
Max: Where did you go?
Binx: Nowhere, I got lost in my thoughts for a moment.
Max: What were you thinking about? If it’s juicy you better dish!
Binx: No, it’s embarrassing.
Max: Oh, hell yeah, now you have to tell me!
Binx: **blush**
Max: Why?
Binx: I was daydreaming about you.
Max: Me? Really??
(pause)
Max: Are you there?
Binx: Yeah…
Max: I’m really flattered. I was thinking about you today too. Had a pretty crummy day today, but after thinking about you, everything seemed better.
Binx: Awww, I had a rough day too, but it was brighter after I got home and got your messages.
Max: Did you read them?
Binx: Of course! It was the highlight of my day.
Max: Oh…
Binx: What did you want to send me?
Now it was Max’s turn to pause. Seconds ticked by. Just when Percy was typing, getting ready to ask him again, when Max’s reply popped up.
Max: I wanted to send you something, but…
Binx: But what?
Max: You were very specific…you only want to talk and I respect that.
Binx: I told you last night I’m not in a position to come out.
Max: I know and I would never dream of pressuring you to do something you weren’t comfortable with.
Binx: Sooo, what were you going to send me?
Max: Pictures.
Binx: Uhmmm, Max, that’s not a good idea. We live in the same city and that could complicate things…
Max: But…what if they didn’t contain any personal information?
His second post popped up before Percy could respond to the first.
Max: Hey, you’re right, I’m sorry for saying anything. Wow! Is that really the time? I have an early day tomorrow at work …sorry…I didn’t mean to…. It was really nice to meet you.
With that, Max was gone. The big red X beside his screen name signaled he’d logged out before Percy could even say goodnight or ask him if he intended to come back again tomorrow.
“Well.” Percy sat there, stunned, stared at the blank screen. “That didn’t go anything like I had planned.”
Logging off the website and slowly walking to his bedroom, Percy felt even more alone than he had in months. What a crappy ending to a completely fucked up day!
Thanks for reading!
K.C.
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